moonbunny
Seedling
Hi all,
I'm dearly seeing ideas/inspiration for lightly stocking my 55 gal. I've just researched fish until I'm numb, lol! Currently the tank has 2 bn plecos w/ compromised fins that have healed following a bacterial infection that I tried everything to cure. They're the only occupants for now and I hope to design the tank for their pleasure for surviving so much.
Ideally, I think I might like to find one more pleco to keep the other two company (probably a separate species as I understand pleco's have lots of fry when they have the chance.)
I'm entertaining the idea of a few otos as I just got a led plant light and otos really are great cleaners (along with the bn plecos.)
And I'd *really* like a fish with the temperament of a dog--very interactive, happy to see you, kind of playful, peaceful and sweet. I don't know what kind of tropical fish this would be (in a coldwater situation it would be a goldfish. I've always had affectionate goldfish.)
I'm partial to catfish, but it'd be nice to have diurnal fish in different levels of the tank.
And if it would keep all the fish happy, I wouldn't mind having some shoaling fish to dither and keep the peace.
I'm not married to a biotope, keeping all options open.
B/c of the new plant light, I'm working with a nursery in Canada that has snail-free, in-vitro plants, but right now I'm not sure how many plants there'll be or know much about the layout. I'd like to have plants, but I can't break the bank.
The only other consideration I have is that the weather here will be 101 deg. F tomorrow and we'll stay in the triple digits (100-120+ deg.) for the next 5+ months, so I'd worry too much about getting fish by mail.
I'm just seeking inspiration from fresh, agile minds And I really appreciate the ideas.
Thanks so much!
I'm dearly seeing ideas/inspiration for lightly stocking my 55 gal. I've just researched fish until I'm numb, lol! Currently the tank has 2 bn plecos w/ compromised fins that have healed following a bacterial infection that I tried everything to cure. They're the only occupants for now and I hope to design the tank for their pleasure for surviving so much.
Ideally, I think I might like to find one more pleco to keep the other two company (probably a separate species as I understand pleco's have lots of fry when they have the chance.)
I'm entertaining the idea of a few otos as I just got a led plant light and otos really are great cleaners (along with the bn plecos.)
And I'd *really* like a fish with the temperament of a dog--very interactive, happy to see you, kind of playful, peaceful and sweet. I don't know what kind of tropical fish this would be (in a coldwater situation it would be a goldfish. I've always had affectionate goldfish.)
I'm partial to catfish, but it'd be nice to have diurnal fish in different levels of the tank.
And if it would keep all the fish happy, I wouldn't mind having some shoaling fish to dither and keep the peace.
I'm not married to a biotope, keeping all options open.
B/c of the new plant light, I'm working with a nursery in Canada that has snail-free, in-vitro plants, but right now I'm not sure how many plants there'll be or know much about the layout. I'd like to have plants, but I can't break the bank.
The only other consideration I have is that the weather here will be 101 deg. F tomorrow and we'll stay in the triple digits (100-120+ deg.) for the next 5+ months, so I'd worry too much about getting fish by mail.
I'm just seeking inspiration from fresh, agile minds And I really appreciate the ideas.
Thanks so much!